Nikāḥ al-Mutʿah is a type of marriage, where
the duration of the marriage and the dowry must be
specified and agreed upon in advance. It is a private contract made in written
format. A declaration of the intent to marry and an acceptance of the terms are
required (as they are in nikah (marriage
in Islam). The bride must not be married. She should not be a young virgin. At the end
of the contract, the marriage ends and the wife must undergo iddah. The iddah is
intended to give certain paternity to a child should the wife become pregnant during
the contract. The Nikah mut'ah has no proscribed minimum or maximum duration.
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